The Emperor of Abyss' True World, one of the four Great True Worlds.
There was an incredibly vast galaxy formed by nine gigantic vortexes. They surrounded the area, causing it to turn into a land of death. If anyone stepped in without the plate, it would be difficult for them to survive.
In the depths of the galaxy was the center of one of the vortexes. There was a piece of land whose edges were covered by black lightning. That piece of land was not big, and it was only several tens of millions of lis.
However, this area of several tens of millions of lis was filled with flowers and plants. Thick spiritual energy filled the area, and a presence that was almost corporeal surrounded the area a few times based on some sort of pattern before surging towards the center of the land.
There was a tall platform there, and there were nine old men sitting cross-legged on it. They formed a circle, and within that circle was a girl lying quietly.
She was dressed in a long purple robe. Her eyes were closed, as if she was in deep sleep.
She was Yu Xuan.
She did not move, and her face was pale, as if she had died.
…..
Sin Ruins in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence was the foreign land in Western Ring Nebula.
The one hundred thousand stone monuments stood tall in the area, and they were of different sizes. Su Ming appeared before his stone monument, and as his body became clear from its indistinct state, booming sounds came from the stone monument before him. Gradually, it grew from one hundred thousand feet to two hundred thousand feet before the light on it disappeared.
"Congratulations. You've managed to make your stone monument reach this state in such a short amount of time." A calm voice reached Su Ming's ears.
It was Zhou Kang. Clearly, he had also just come out of his stone monument not too long ago, but his stone monument had become one hundred thousand feet tall. The difference from before was simply too great, but his expression was as calm as ever.
After some time, Su Ming averted his gaze from his stone monument. He sensed his own level of cultivation and looked around him quietly. When he did so, he found that there were several dozens of people under the one hundred thousand stone monuments, but most of them were meditating with aloof expressions on their faces. They did not bother each other.
When Su Ming's gaze landed on Zhou Kang, he saw his stone monument shrinking, and he could not help but focus his gaze. He remembered that when he first walked out of his stone monument, he had swept his gaze past it and noticed that Zhou Kang's stone monument had already reached seven hundred thousand something feet. However, at that time, he had been immersed in his mother's memories and did not pay much attention to the changes around him.
"I failed to reach one million feet, and my stone monument regressed to one hundred thousand feet," Zhou Kang stated flatly, and his gaze fell on Su Ming.
"I didn't expect your speed to be so fast. Looks like Yue 'er's guess was right. The Five Virtual Stages are the most suitable cultivation method here.
Of course, this is greatly related to the comprehension aptitude that you possess, and this should exist. Otherwise, why is it that my cultivation aptitude is inferior to Yue 'er's, and it's only because my comprehension is slightly deeper that I'm still alive, but she has already left, "Zhou Kang's eyes revealed sorrow as he muttered to himself.
"Will the stone monuments degrade when I try to reach the one hundred thousand stone monuments?" Su Ming asked softly.
"You should've noticed the benefits of entering the world of the stone tablets. Since your world is constructed from your own memories, it'll be easier for you to comprehend it, and it'll be more profound.
As such, one's cultivation base could be raised within the world of the stone stele. As long as they were not afraid of being killed, many people would choose to give up on reaching a hundred thousand feet and continue to immerse themselves within the world of the stone stele to deepen their comprehension.
"However, even if they don't want to do this, they have no other choice, because reaching nine hundred thousand feet isn't incredibly difficult. Since ancient times, there have been plenty of people who have managed to make their stone monuments reach nine hundred thousand feet.
"However, reaching nine hundred thousand feet to one hundred thousand feet is a bottleneck, and it's the same for everyone. If you want to cross it … it's difficult, incredibly difficult." If I count my previous time, I've gone through this bottleneck four times. I didn't attempt it during the first three times and gave up because I was waiting for my wife.
"Once she left, I tried to challenge it once, but I failed." Zhou Kang looked at Su Ming, and his voice was calm.
"If you fail, you have to start all over again. It's like a cycle of life and death, and the cycle repeats itself … There are very, very few people who can clear this bottleneck …" Zhou Kang closed his eyes.
Su Ming fell silent and looked at his stone monument that was two hundred thousand feet tall. The questions that had been lingering in his heart for a long time had been answered at that moment. When he first left the stone monument and looked at it that had become one hundred thousand feet tall, he had hesitated. This sort of legacy of Divine Essence … did not seem to be difficult.
But why were there so many people who failed and why only a few of them managed to reach one million feet? At that moment, he understood.
Su Ming looked at Zhou Kang, who had his eyes closed, and said in a low voice, "There should be quite a number of people coming over soon. If … you can reach one million feet as soon as possible, then do it as soon as possible."
Zhou Kang did not speak. He still had his eyes closed.
Light would occasionally flash in the area. Some people would step into the world in their stone monuments, and some would walk out. Su Ming noticed that the stone monument of the old man he and Zhou Kang had set up and killed had already been occupied by someone else, and that person had already reached a height of one hundred thousand something feet.
Several days later, when Zhou Kang returned to the world in his stone monument, Su Ming also chose to enter.
Time passed. Su Ming returned to the time when he became the God of Berserkers, when he was still in Dark Mountain, when he experienced the great war between the Shamans and Berserkers, and when he had just stepped into Freezing Sky Clan.
As he went through all those experiences, gained all those epiphanies, and killed all those times, the overlapping shadows of the runic symbols in Su Ming's right eye increased, causing his right eye to look as if it contained the universe, and it contained a power that made even Su Ming feel incredibly terrified.
This power was not something he had gained through his epiphany, but the Five Illusory Echelons. He had naturally obtained it after entering the stone monument with his eye.
At some unknown point in time, Su Ming had already spent a cycle of sixty years in this place. During it, more than thirty thousand people had stepped into this place. Once they arrived in this world, they became one of the people who obtained the Divine Essence.
There were men and women among these thirty thousand people, and almost all of them had come to kill Su Ming. Once they saw him, some of them chose to attack, but as they died again and again, the remaining people noticed the will in this place, and even though they could do nothing about it, they gave up on the idea.
There might be new arrivals who did the same thing, but Su Ming was not bothered by it. In fact, he did not even bother dodging. As long as a divine ability landed on his body, then that person would definitely die.
Gradually, even the old people in the place noticed that Su Ming was different. They were happy to see all of this happen. After all, if one person died, it would mean that a stone monument would be emptied out. Then, when new people came, they would first choose that stone monument, and they would naturally have one less chance of dying.
The arrival of thirty thousand people meant that a corresponding number of people had died. Gradually, new names replaced the previous ones on the stone monuments around them. The occasional deaths caused all the people in the place to feel an unprecedented pressure.
There was an endless stream of people trying to clear the bottleneck of one million feet, but during the cycle of sixty years, no one succeeded.
There were still people who stepped into this place from the world outside. In fact, there were even a few times where Su Ming sensed a powerful threat of death looming over him. In the end, the danger might have disappeared, but those feelings still made Su Ming feel pressured.
Once his stone monument reached sixty million feet, it became more difficult to grow. In fact, he needed to fuse with the world in his stone monument dozens of times before he could make his stone monument grow to several tens of thousands of feet.
When the cycle of sixty years passed, Su Ming finally made his stone monument reach a height of ninety-nine thousand feet. At the same time, Zhou Kang's stone monument also reached a height of ninety-eight thousand feet.
This was the second time Zhou Kang had reached such a height during the cycle of sixty years, and it was the sixth time in his life.
"You and I have known each other for sixty years. To us, sixty years is a very short period of time, but to mortals, sixty years might be their entire lives.
"Today, your stone monument has also reached this height, but it's a pity that I can't tell you what I experienced during the bottleneck of one million feet. This is the limit of the laws in this place. I can only … wish you success!" Zhou Kang looked at Su Ming. Once he sucked in a deep breath, he lifted his right hand and pressed it on his stone monument before disappearing.
Su Ming looked at the ninety-nine thousand feet stone monument before him. During the cycle of sixty years, he had seen most of the people in this place. Their apathetic faces, their eyes that would occasionally shine with a dark glint, and they looked as if they wanted nothing more than to be replaced by new people as soon as possible so that their chances of death would be reduced.
Some of the one thousand people who had reached a million feet had also returned from the world outside during the cycle of sixty years. Clearly, the time limit of one thousand years was approaching, and they wanted to continue searching for the Abyss.
Su Ming shook his head. Once he sat down, he looked at his stone monument. He noticed that there were quite a number of people sizing him up, but he was already used to this sort of gaze. After all, compared to the others, he had chosen the Five Illusory Echelons, which made him different from the others. It was only natural that he would be the center of attention. Besides, during the cycle of sixty years, all the new people who came to this place would occasionally attack him, so it was impossible for him not to be noticed.
After a moment, a vortex appeared in front of Su Ming's stone monument. As it rotated with loud rumbling sounds, Su Ming's body swiftly faded away until he disappeared.
When Su Ming's vision became clear, he immediately spread his Atman outwards to scan the area. This was a galaxy, and not too far away from him was a cultivation planet. That planet was golden, and its light was dazzling.
"Those who wish to obtain my Divine Essence must go through this test if you want your stone monument to reach a million feet. If you succeed … you will obtain a part of my Divine Essence.
"If you fail, then you will have to start all over again.
"The cultivation planet before you is my homeland. My Divine Essence is there, and whether you can obtain it … will depend on your serendipity!" Sui Chen Zi's ancient voice from sixty years ago echoed in Su Ming's head.
"You can use all sorts of methods … as long as you can obtain that Divine Essence!" Once Sui Chen Zi's ancient voice gradually disappeared, Su Ming lifted his head, and a glint appeared in his eyes. The overlapping shadows of the runic symbols in his right eye grew thicker, making him look incredibly bizarre. He took a step forward and turned into a shooting star that charged towards the cultivation planet before him with a bang. In the span of a breath, he charged towards it.
Su Ming's speed increased with each passing moment. In the blink of an eye, he sliced through the galaxy and closed in on the cultivation planet shining with golden light. As he got closer, a powerful, mighty pressure spread out from the cultivation planet with a bang, causing the golden light around the planet to look as if it had turned into a golden ocean, causing Su Ming's speed to instantly decrease by a large margin.
"Rolling on the Ground, Asking for Recommendations ~ ~" If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation. "
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
